Learning from errors

Strangulated right-sided diaphragmatic hernia presenting and treated as lung empyema: beware of the differential diagnosis
Sapna Gupta, Daniel Warrell, Laurie Smith, Gethin Llewellyn Williams

BMJ Case Reports CP Jul 2020, 13 (7) e233440; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2019-233440
Previously undiagnosed neuroendocrine tumour mimicking breast cancer metastasis to the orbit
Colin Bacorn, Esther Kim, Alexander D Borowsky, Lily Koo Lin

BMJ Case Reports CP May 2020, 13 (5) e234629; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-234629
Pitfalls of using denosumab preoperatively to treat refractory severe hypercalcaemia
Yulong Li, Chris Y Fan, Andrea Manni, William F Simonds

BMJ Case Reports CP Apr 2020, 13 (4) e233665; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2019-233665
Crohn’s disease associated adenocarcinoma of ileocaecal region: a miscalculated approach
Royson Dsouza, Gigi Varghese, Deepa Rebecca Korula, Amit Kumar Dutta

BMJ Case Reports CP Apr 2020, 13 (4) e234512; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-234512
Coincidental retinal dysplasia in patients presenting with pseudohypopyon: a series of two cases
Saumya Jakati, Anamika Patel, Avinash Pathengay, Swathi Kaliki

BMJ Case Reports CP Apr 2020, 13 (4) e233922; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2019-233922
Rapid development of severe acute respiratory distress syndrome after abatacept treatment in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis
Jorge Gower, Gonzalo Labarca, Daniel Enos, Estefania Nova-Lamperti

BMJ Case Reports CP Apr 2020, 13 (4) e231725; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2019-231725
Low-risk myelodysplastic syndrome managed with an erythroid-stimulating agent for 10 years
Anthony Esparza, Raj Chandra Singaraju, Joseph Paul Happel

BMJ Case Reports CP Apr 2020, 13 (4) e232285; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2019-232285
Adrenoleukodystrophy presenting as glue sniffing
Rajesh Kumar Meher, Rajeswari Aghoram, Pradeep Pankajakshan Nair

BMJ Case Reports CP Mar 2020, 13 (3) e233036; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2019-233036
Iatrogenic pneumothorax in a 4-week-old girl: new diagnosis of congenital lobar emphysema
Ashley Reed, Sandra Fernandes Lucas, Agnieszka Nowacka, Chukwubuike Eze

BMJ Case Reports CP Feb 2020, 13 (2) e233302; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2019-233302
A case of occult bilateral optic nerve aplasia with pituitary dysfunction: hidden anomaly missed on ultrasound
Harsha Saxena, Brijesh Takkar, Amber Kumar, Radha Sarawagi

BMJ Case Reports CP Feb 2020, 13 (2) e232839; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2019-232839

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